You end up becoming someone you see in the eyes of those you love.

Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.

somethings can only be seen in the shadows

Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it.

All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind

Every labyrinth has its minotaur

The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And its a woman whos extremely vain.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.

Waiting is the rust of the soul.

Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

I stopped writing in the obvious. I wrote how I saw it and if they don’t understand it, that’s fine.

relations are the failures of life..

Why does it take a man's attention to make me see anything good about myself?

No metaphor reinvents the job of the nurture of children except to muddy or mock.

Never talk yourself out of knowing you're in love or into thinking that you are.

I want to be a skater.

If you are not the best, then pretend you are

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises.